Cited by

-24 (1996); (“[D]enial of a peremptory request for a change of judge is properly reviewed only by special action.” ()).

§ 25-402, and § 25-409 simply sets forth the substantive criteria that govern visitation petitions.”); (distinguishing between authority of court to do particular thing and power of court to entertain action of particular subject matter).

-23 (1996) (failure to honor peremptory notice of change of judge, “even if .

“Jurisdiction can refer to the authority to do a particular thing or to ‘the power of the court to entertain an action of a particular subject matter.’” ().

He therefore “cannot now raise on appeal error in connection with the dishonor of his notice of change of judge.”

Medina, 185 Ariz. at 416, 418; (distinguishing between a court’s authority to proceed and its subject matter jurisdiction).

–23 (1996) (“[R]ulings by noticed judges on the propriety of the notice are reviewable only by way of special action relief.”).

2 ROSALES PEREZ v. HON MARTIN/BALDWIN Decision of the Court DISCUSSION ¶6 We accept special-action jurisdiction because a special action provides the only avenue for relief from the denial of a notice of change of judge as of right, and any appellate review of the denial of a notice for change of judge for cause, see Stagecoach Trials MHC, –69, ¶¶ 20– 25 (App. 2013), is not equally plain, speedy, and adequate, see Ariz. R.P.

(noting history of imprecise use of term "jurisdiction," such as "authority to do a particular thing” or "power of the court to entertain an action of a particular subject matter”).

We stated that because “[n]o contested issue of law 4 “Before Rule 42(f) was amended to allow a peremptory change of judge as of right, the same peremptory challenge ‘was accomplished by an affidavit of bias and prejudice which was a mere form and not intended or required to be true.’ Yet, such affidavits were also used as true challenges for cause.”

2“[T]he word ‘jurisdiction’ means different things in different contexts.”

¶29 Baron’s notice of appeal list the denials of his motions for reconsideration on the following subjects: 6 Appellees argue that we lack jurisdiction to review this issue because motions for a change of judge can only be reviewed by special action

Because an order of this type may only be reviewed by special action and not on direct appeal, we previously accepted jurisdiction in an order issued December 18, 2014.

(noting jurisdiction, in certain contexts, means "the authority to do a particular thing”).

(distinguishing between imprecise uses of word “jurisdiction” in particular contexts).

Cf. Taliaferro v. Taliaferro, 186 Ariz. 221, 223, (holding that erroneous failure to honor a notice of change of judge does not divest court’s subject matter jurisdiction).

See State v. Maldonado, No. 1 CA-CR 07-0837, ¶ 13, 2009 WL 1298991 (Ariz. Ct. App. May 12, 2009); (“[T]he word ‘jurisdiction’ means different things in different contexts” and has been used “imprecise[ly].”).